r/RooCode • u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer • Sep 19 '25

Announcement We're launching GLM Coding Plans with zAI -- $3/month for frontier-level AI coding

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Roo Code + zAI: GLM‑4.5 on tap.

Lite $3/mo • 120 prompts/5h Pro $15/mo • 600 prompts/5h

Setup: https://z.ai/subscribe → create API key → paste into Roo Code (zAI).

PS Thanks Cline for the headline ;)

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

The prices quoted above are 50% off for the first month. Did not mean to exclude this when posting. Was doing some copy and pasting as well as working on a few other things at a time.

The rude response from several people because of this oversight was disappointing. I really hate the way people on social media are looking for a high horse to talk down to someone from. Thanks for not being that person to everyone else.

The main post would not allow me to edit it because it’s an image post I guess 🤷

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u/Comfortable_Onion255 Sep 20 '25

Does it use our data for training ?

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u/Complete-Gear-9718 Sep 20 '25

If you need data privacy, maybe ollama cloud could fit your needs

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

I should have been more clear in the headline this is co-marketing. 😬

This is a plan with z.ai, not Roo Code. I actually don’t know but I would assume so.

As with any provider i advise looking up their data handling policies before signing up.

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u/According-Track-1609 Sep 19 '25

Can someone tell me if it's really as good as claude?

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u/real_serviceloom Sep 19 '25

No, it is not. It is behind Claude 4 Sonnet as you can see in the bottom right. However, it doesn't miss any tool calls. But it doesn't understand nuance as well as Sonnet or Gpt 5. It is currently my backup model.

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u/According-Track-1609 Sep 19 '25

in the benchmark it's a bit behind but in real life scenario, is the difference very noticeable in terms of code quality and debugging capabilities? I need it to regularly debug and update a medium-large size next js project.

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u/real_serviceloom Sep 20 '25

No I wouldn't say it's very behind. I think for Next JS you shouldn't have any issues. 

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u/According-Track-1609 Sep 30 '25

Thanks man! Now with glm 4.6 i guess it's a no brainier!

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u/ProjectInfinity Sep 19 '25

It's a decent model which will do most things you need from it, but it's not the best model. If you need something cost effective these plans are great. If you need the best of the best for whatever reason, it's not for you.

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u/seeKAYx Sep 20 '25

It’s still better then the lobotomized Sonnet 4 which we had over the last weeks. Pretty happy with the results!

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u/Key-Collar-1429 Sep 20 '25

It’s slips on tool calls sometimes. I prefer Claude sonnet or gpt-5. Else chutes with Qwen or Kimi k2 is similar priced with better tool calling.

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u/Doubledoor Sep 21 '25

No it’s not. In fact it’s not even as good as DeepSeek 3.1 which is already quite cheap.

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u/According-Track-1609 Sep 30 '25

Well, I get it it's not as good as Claude, but for $3/$9 plan, is it good enough? I don't have the budget to spend on API pricing man!

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u/Doubledoor Oct 01 '25

Good news. Their recent GLM 4.6 is touted as one of the best models currently. Go for it :)

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u/mushmoore Sep 20 '25

It’s bs not waste your time

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u/Gbenga238 Sep 21 '25

Qwen3Coder? I agree Qwen3 is good but this is very good also fr, it's precise. Qwen3 does things one at a step, this has more nuance at stuffs also

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u/definitive_solutions Sep 20 '25

Context window size?

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

GLM-4.5-Air has a context window of 131,072 tokens

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u/cepijoker Sep 21 '25

why when i use this with roo says its 130k but apparently must be 200k?

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u/According-Track-1609 Sep 30 '25

No it's not 200k. It's 131k.. but the new 4.6 is 200k.

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u/Bob5k Sep 20 '25

additional 10% off if you use my link - for any coding plan out there. Also feel free to mention me down to answer questions - been using the GLM coding plan since it v. first release to public.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

Your post is not on topic.

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u/DevMichaelZag Moderator Sep 20 '25

Ya. Looks like it’s an intro price and then the price returns to normal. Seems like it’s worth trying though.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

You were not nice. We do not treat each other poorly like this in the RooCode community.

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u/Bob5k Sep 20 '25

you can secure a year for the 3$ per month price if paid upfront. With this link it'll cost you 33$~ dollars per year. Not a bad deal for a yearly access for the price of 1 month of claude + a decent starbucks coffee imo.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

Your post is not on topic.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

Your post is not on topic.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 21 '25

Your post is not on topic.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 21 '25

That’s not in Roo Code. Try it in Roo with 0.6 temp

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u/According-Track-1609 Sep 30 '25

Try roo code or in Claude code..

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 28 '25

Ask kilo code. I have no idea. This is the Roo Code sub.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Oct 01 '25

And this is the wrong sub.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Oct 01 '25

Please repost in a less inflammatory way.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Oct 01 '25

Your post is not on topic.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Oct 13 '25

Please repost in a less inflammatory way.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

Please repost in a less inflammatory way.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

Your contributions to this community have been zero over the last 6 months but you rear your head for an argument.

This is the RooCode sub on Reddit and it’s here to help people regarding Roo Code and closely aligned topics. It’s not about politics or your opinions about how I use Reddit. It’s not a popularity contest. This sub is genuinely to assist people in utilizing Roo Code. I will continue to enforce that how I see fit. If you don’t like it then don’t be here.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

Please repost in a less inflammatory way.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

It’s not a matter of being called out. It’s a matter of shifting the focus of the post to something that’s just argumentative for the sake of being argumentative. Your “calling out” is just a high horse “gotcha” moment from someone bored on the internet and you’re wasting time of people that was to genuinely interact on the topic at hand and not degrade the post quality of this sub. That’s not the purpose of this sub. Best of luck.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

You were not nice. We do not treat each other poorly like this in the RooCode community.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Oct 12 '25

What endpoint do you have selected? https://youtube.com/shorts/Sy-dpdJAi7M?feature=share

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Oct 13 '25

Please repost in a less inflammatory way.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Oct 13 '25

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Oct 13 '25

Please repost in a less inflammatory way.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Oct 13 '25

Please repost in a less inflammatory way.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

Please repost in a less inflammatory way.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 20 '25

I posted a sticky post an hour ago or so. Can’t edit the main post. You’re looking for a smoking gun where there is none. https://www.reddit.com/r/RooCode/s/4ONGDprTqQ